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The addblock utility was originally written as a quick debug tool during initial development to populate blocks into the database. However, now that it has been designated as the standard way to import bootstrap.dat (and indeed block data files in general), it was lacking a few features such as properly checking against the chain rules and known good checkpoints. This commit reworks and improves the utility in several ways: - Imported blocks are now checked against the chain rules including checkpoints to ensure they match the known good chain - The utility now properly shuts down after processing all blocks - Attempting to import orphan blocks (blocks which build off a block you don't yet have in the database) returns an error - Blocks that are already known are now skipped instead of causing an error which means you can stop and restart the import mid-way through without issues or start it after you've already downloaded a portion of the chain - The block height is no longer assumed to start at 0 which means input files that start later in the chain will work properly so long as you already have the chain at least up to the point of the block just before the first one in the input file - Improved error handling and reporting - How often the progress display is shown is now configurable - Statistics about how many blocks were processed, imported, and already known are now displayed after the input file has been fully processed This resolves comments made in #60. |
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| addblock | ||
| btcctl | ||
| dropafter | ||
| findcheckpoint | ||
| gencerts | ||
| showblock | ||